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June 1973: Commenced service between Southampton – Cherbourg/ Le Havre.

September 14th 1974: Used as a tender to remove passengers from the liner FRANCE which had been seized by trade unionists in Le Havre and anchored the ship in the fairway as a protest against threatened loss of their jobs.

June 2000: Taken out of service and laid up in Drammen as a relief vessel.

October 2000: Sold to Los Cipres S.A., Montevideo, Uruguay.

2001: Registered to Buquebus Marshall, Inc, Mahuro, Marshall Island.

February 28th 2003: Sold to Saga Linie, A/S, Fredrikstad, Norway. Renamed SAGAFJORD. Planned route between Moss – Skagen. However she ran aground and the Norwegian authorities demanded her condition be improved. She went for a major refit with estimated return to service later in the year.

September 20th 2003: Sea trials to Skagen.

September 2003: Refit with Ørskov Yard, Frederikshavn, Denmark.

October 30th 2003: Arrived in Moss after refit.

December 2003: Departed from Moss to Remontowa, Poland for replacement of electrical circuitry.

March 4th 2011: Arrived Valletta from Brindisi to assist in the evacuation of foreigners caught up in the Libyan Civil War.

March 6th 2011: Arrived in Valletta carrying 399 evacuees.

March 7th 2011 – March 9th 2011: Left Valletta for a round trip to Sirte.

March 10th 2011: Left Valletta for Vlore.

April 2011 – May 2011: Chartered to International Organisation for Migration (IOM) again to assit in the evacuation of foreigners from Libyan Civil War. Made a number of trips between Benghazi – Misurata/ Benghazi – Alexandria.

May 7th 2011: Arrived Brindisi for services between Brindisi – Vlore.

August 25th 2011: Again chartered to International Organisation for migration (IOM).

August 29th 2011 – September 1st 2011: Made a single trip between Benghazi – Tripoli.

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